London, Feb. 27, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Air Task Force, ATF, of Operation Lafiya Dole has launched an onslaught on Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, fighters as they assembled for a meeting at their hideout in Kolloram on the fringes of Lake Chad in the Northern part of Borno State. The Director ...

London, Feb. 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation Americas (NIDOA) USA, has appealed for the release of Miss Leah Sharibu who was abducted in 2018 by a faction of the Boko Haram terrorists group. NIDO, in a statement by its Board Chairman, Ms Patience Key, said it was disheartening that Sharibu was still being ...

London, Feb. 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has been active in north-eastern Nigeria for well over a decade. President Buhari says its activities have been largely brought under control since he assumed office in 2015. His political opponents disagree and say the situation has recently deteriorated both in terms of the number ...

London, Feb. 3, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed a Boko Haram logistics base near Arege in the northern part of Borno. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the ...

Adetokunbo Fakeye  London, Feb. 2, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian Army on Saturday refuted report alleging that suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Friday abducted unspecified numbers of passengers along Biu-Damatuturu road in the northeast of the country.  According to a statement by, Lieutenant Njoka Irabor, Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations, Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, there is no such incidence ...

London, Jan. 28, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has deployed airwomen and female air officers, known as Women of War, for military operations in the North-East. The female military personnel, according to Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar are actively involved in the on-going counter-insurgency operation with special forces against Boko Haram ...

London, Jan. 15, 2019 (AltAfrica)- The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has applauded troops who liberated Baga from the clutches of Boko Haram insurgents In a press statement on Monday 14th December, 2019 and signedby the director of the Islamic human rights organization, ProfessorIshaq Akintola, MURIC commended men of the Nigerian Army at the Bagafront for ...

London, Jan. 14, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A former Nigerian Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has urged the Nigerian military to urgently come up with new thinking to end Boko Haram insurgency He said this while hailing officers and men for their successes over the years. A statement he personally signed on Monday ahead of January ...

London, Jan. 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced that his ministry will soon launch a massive national campaign in support of the military, especially in their fight against insurgency and insecurity “We are planning to launch a national campaign to rally support for the military. We believe the ...

London, Jan. 8, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A labour leader and governorship candidate of Labour Party in Kwara, Issa Aremu on Monday, cautioned Nigerian media against undue publicity of activities of the Boko Haram. Mr Aremu gave the warning at the Media Parliament of Kwara council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, in Ilorin. The labour leader, while ...